Nobody Goes Home Sad:
Photographs of the Six Gallery Poets 1956-2000
January 23 - March 14, 2014
Nobody Goes Home Sad includes historical photographs by Walter Lehrman and John Suiter showing intimate portraits of trailblazing poets and authors from the Beat generation of the 1950s. Some of the poets featured in this exhibition are Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Michael McClure, and Philip Whalen. These men are shown in rare photographs attending parties, sitting for impromptu portrait paintings, and giving public readings of their work. Collaborating with the Special Collections and Archives Department in the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, the art museum presents a number of black and white photos that give a glimpse into the life of these great figures of 20th century literature. Also included in the exhibition are original publications of work by these men and background information on their lives and inspiration.
circa 1956-2000
Installation view
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. Utah State University. Logan, Utah.
Photograph by Andrew McAllister, February 2014
Selected Works
